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During July 16-19, 1979 currents in Cape Cod Bay from
the very near surface to 1.8 m were measured by taking
simultaneous bearings on submerged drogues from two anchored
vessels. The error in drogue position as a function of
location with respect to the two vessels was examined in
detail and was used for rejecting or accepting velocities
from particular sightings. From the final results well
defined velocity shears, nearly parallel with the wind, were
evident. From these velocity fields surface stress coefficients,
equivalent sand-grain roughness coefficients, and
the near surface gradients of relative (to the surface
velocity) velocity were calculated.

During the past four years a deliberate effort has been made at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution to devise methods of kinematic observation generally suited
to the needs of oceanographers. One result of this work, ...

Neutrally buoyant SOFAR floats at nominal depths of 800, 1800, and 3300 m were tracked for 21 months in the vicinity of
western boundary currents near 6N and at several sites in the Atlantic near 11N and along the equator. ...

The ICESHELF 94 Experiment was conducted during April of 1994 from an ice camp in the Lincoln Sea at
approximately 84 degrees N, 63 degrees W. An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) was operated at the camp from 8
to ...

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